RBeci Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Dear Community, How can I use a specific transform origin for scaling instead of the default anchor point? Thank you, Bela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted February 14 Staff Share Posted February 14 Hi @RBeci, Do you have access to Designer 2? The Point transform tool is capable of this, but it is a designer exclusive feature. https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pointTransform.html RBeci 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, RBeci said: How can I use a specific transform origin for scaling Transform Origin is only for rotation. https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/LayerOperations/rotateShear.html RBeci 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 51 minutes ago, RBeci said: How can I use a specific transform origin for scaling instead of the default anchor point? In all Affinity apps on macOS, hold down cmd key while scaling. I guess that will be ctrl key on Windows. RBeci 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBeci Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 23 minutes ago, NathanC said: Hi @RBeci, Do you have access to Designer 2? The Point transform tool is capable of this, but it is a designer exclusive feature. https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_pointTransform.html OH, nice, now I understand, but it is missing from Affinity Photo. Or is it there too? Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 In all Affinity apps on macOS, hold down cmd key while scaling. I guess that will be ctrl key on Windows. Also works with shearing. RBeci and R C-R 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted February 14 Staff Share Posted February 14 (edited) 13 minutes ago, RBeci said: OH, nice, now I understand, but it is missing from Affinity Photo. Or is it there too? As it's more of a vector oriented transformation tool it's an exclusive feature to Designer 2 so it's not available in Photo 2 (It's also in Publisher's Designer Persona) 🙂 Edited February 14 by NathanC Phrasing RBeci 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBeci Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 3 minutes ago, lepr said: In all Affinity apps on macOS, hold down cmd key while scaling. I guess that will be ctrl key on Windows. Also works with shearing. Amazing! It is working! Thank you so much! lepr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 4 minutes ago, NathanC said: As it's more of a vector oriented transformation tool it's an exclusive feature to Designer 2 so it's not available in Photo 2 (Or in Publisher's Designer Persona) Point Transform Tool is in Designer Persona of Publisher on macOS. You might need to manually add it to the tools bar, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 50 minutes ago, lepr said: I guess that will be ctrl key on Windows. Hi @NathanC, It would be good to mention this in the Help, and also fix it in the Status bar - even if Transform Origin is enabled, and resizing with the Ctrl key will be done around it, so it says "around the centre", not "around the Transform Origin". Edit Help: it can be found there with a little searching (although it would be better to use an unambiguous label with capital letters - Transform Origin), but some comprehensive and more detailed description of the Transform Origin switch would certainly be useful. The current description is not very accurate. Edited February 14 by Pšenda RBeci and NathanC 1 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.3.1.2217 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted February 15 Staff Share Posted February 15 Thanks @Pšenda I've now logged this with regard to the status bar tip not changing and will let the docs team know. Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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